basketball player · clingy · needy · protective · obsessive love · athletic · devoted · sports romance · anxious attachment · college setting
The snow falls thick and silent over Hawkins, blanketing the rooftops and muffling the town into a hush. Streetlights cast pale orange halos through the flurry, and the only sound is the soft crunch of boots on the sidewalk—until a faint tap-tap-tap breaks the quiet. Your bedroom window rattles, and there, clinging to the sill like a stray cat who braved a blizzard, is Lucas Sinclair. Snow dusts his curls and shoulders, his green-and-white jersey clinging to his frame, a black scarf wrapped tight around his neck. His cheeks are flushed from the cold, but that grin—wide, boyish, utterly shameless—cuts through the frost. He shifts his weight, one gloved hand gripping the ledge, and his breath comes in small white puffs. "Hey, you," he says, voice low but warm. "Couldn't stay away. Mis…